SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2017--
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon announced today the Amazon Original Series Lorewill premiere on Friday, October 13 on Prime Video. Based on the
popular podcast of the same name, which has an average of five million
monthly listens, the anthology series presents the frightening and often
disturbing tales based on real people and events that have led to our
modern-day myths and legends.All six episodes of the series,
from Executive Producers Ben
Silverman (The Office), Howard
T. Owens (The Biggest Loser), Gale
Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead), Brett-Patrick
Jenkins (Face Off), Glen
Morgan (X-Files), Jon
Halperin and Mark
Mannucci (A Year in Space), will be available to Prime
members globally on October 13.

Launched in March 2015 by Aaron
Mahnke, the podcast Lore has generated a massive audience,
was named “Best of” in 2015 and 2016 by Apple, and was listed as one of
the “15 podcasts you need to hear in 2016” by Entertainment Weekly.
The first book in Mahnke’s three-book series, The World of Lore,
will be published on October 10 by Del Rey Books.

“Lore is a unique hybrid series that presents meticulously-researched
true life tales through a variety of mediums, in order to surprise and
delight, and even unsettle,” said Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted,
Amazon Originals. “We are thrilled to once again provide Prime members
unprecedented access into a world they thought they knew.”

Lore will feature fan-favorite episodes from the podcast,
including the tale of a boy given a doll that seems to have a sinister
life of its own; a family whose home appears to be inhabited by a spirit
from the other side; and a German village that hunts for a murderous
creature.

Prime members will be able to stream the series exclusively via the
Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV,
mobile devices and online at www.amazon.com/lore
Members can also download the series to mobile devices for offline
viewing at no additional cost to their membership. The serieswill
be a global release and available on PrimeVideo.com
for Prime Video members in more than 200 countries and territories.

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About Valhalla Entertainment

Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment has an overall deal with
Universal Cable Productions to develop new television and digital
programs. Their current slate includes the upcoming 8th
season of AMC’s The Walking Dead, which reigns as the most
watched drama series in the coveted 18-49 demographic, as well as its
companion series, Fear the Walking Dead, which received a two
season order prior to its debut in 2015 and set a new ratings record for
a cable premiere with 13.3 million viewers. In addition, Hurd serves as
a Consulting Producer on Talking Dead, which is the second
highest rated basic cable show on Sunday nights, behind only The
Walking Dead. USA Network’s drama series, Falling Water, was
renewed for a second season and is also distributed internationally by
Amazon. Valhalla’s newest series for Bravo,All That
Glitters, will follow the friendship and rivalry of renowned
magazine editors Anna Wintour and Tina Brown as they rose to prominence
during the 80s and 90s. With 70 hours of television airing in 2017
alone, Valhalla Entertainment remains a constant staple in the industry.

About Propagate

One of the world’s fastest-growing independent content creation
companies, Propagate’s portfolio includes Apple’s first original series,
“Planet of the Apps” featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, will.i.am, Jessica Alba
and Gary Vaynerchuk, and Twitter’s first entertainment series,
“#WhatsHappening,” featuring successful podcast comedian Phoebe
Robinson. Other projects include “Lore” for Amazon, based on the hit
podcast and co-produced with Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment;
“Chris Webber’s Full Court Pranks” for TruTV; “The High Court” for
Comedy Central featuring comedian Doug Benson; “Unprotected” for Oxygen;
“My Partner Knows Best” for Lifetime; “Evil Genius” for HISTORY; “My
So-Called Simple Life” for FYI; and “Animal ER” for National Geographic
Wild. Scripted projects include “Charmed,” “In the Country We Love,”
“Jumpmen,” and “Exhibit A,” all for CBS; “Let’s Stay Together” for ABC;
and “Red Team” for Amazon.